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Li C, Moro S, Shostak K, O'Reilly FJ, Donzeau M, Graziadei A, McEwen AG, Desplancq D, Poussin-Courmontagne P, Bachelart T, Fiskin M, Berrodier N, Pichard S, Brillet K, Orfanoudakis G, Poterszman A, Torbeev V, Rappsilber J, Davey NE, Chariot A, Zanier K. Molecular mechanism of IKK catalytic dimer docking to NF-κB substrates. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7692. [PMID: 39227404 PMCID: PMC11371828 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52076-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024] Open
Abstract
The inhibitor of κB (IκB) kinase (IKK) is a central regulator of NF-κB signaling. All IKK complexes contain hetero- or homodimers of the catalytic IKKβ and/or IKKα subunits. Here, we identify a YDDΦxΦ motif, which is conserved in substrates of canonical (IκBα, IκBβ) and alternative (p100) NF-κB pathways, and which mediates docking to catalytic IKK dimers. We demonstrate a quantitative correlation between docking affinity and IKK activity related to IκBα phosphorylation/degradation. Furthermore, we show that phosphorylation of the motif's conserved tyrosine, an event previously reported to promote IκBα accumulation and inhibition of NF-κB gene expression, suppresses the docking interaction. Results from integrated structural analyzes indicate that the motif binds to a groove at the IKK dimer interface. Consistently, suppression of IKK dimerization also abolishes IκBα substrate binding. Finally, we show that an optimized bivalent motif peptide inhibits NF-κB signaling. This work unveils a function for IKKα/β dimerization in substrate motif recognition.
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- Changqing Li
- Biotechnology and Cell Signaling (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242), Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Biotechnology and Cell Signaling (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242), Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology, GIGA Cancer, University of Liege, CHU, Sart-Tilman, 4000, Liege, Belgium
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, Berlin, Germany
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- Biotechnology and Cell Signaling (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242), Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC) / INSERM UMR-S 1258 / CNRS UMR7104/ Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Biotechnology and Cell Signaling (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242), Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC) / INSERM UMR-S 1258 / CNRS UMR7104/ Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Biotechnology and Cell Signaling (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242), Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Biotechnology and Cell Signaling (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242), Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC) / INSERM UMR-S 1258 / CNRS UMR7104/ Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC) / INSERM UMR-S 1258 / CNRS UMR7104/ Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Institut Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IBMC), CNRS UPR9002, 2 allée Konrad Roentgen, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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- Biotechnology and Cell Signaling (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242), Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC) / INSERM UMR-S 1258 / CNRS UMR7104/ Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Biotechnology and Cell Signaling (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242), Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400, Illkirch, France
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology, GIGA Cancer, University of Liege, CHU, Sart-Tilman, 4000, Liege, Belgium
- WELBIO department, WEL Research Institute, avenue Pasteur, 6, 1300, Wavre, Belgium
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- Biotechnology and Cell Signaling (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242), Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67400, Illkirch, France.
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Dardashti RN, Laps S, Gichtin JS, Metanis N. The semisynthesis of nucleolar human selenoprotein H. Chem Sci 2023; 14:12723-12729. [PMID: 38020378 PMCID: PMC10646972 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03059h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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The human selenoprotein H is the only selenocysteine-containing protein that is located in the cell's nucleolus. In vivo studies have suggested that it plays some role in DNA binding, consumption of reactive oxygen species, and may serve as a safeguard against cancers. However, the protein has never been isolated and, as a result, not yet fully characterized. Here, we used a semi-synthetic approach to obtain the full selenoprotein H with a S43T mutation. Using biolayer interferometry, we also show that the Cys-containing mutant of selenoprotein H is capable of binding DNA with sub-micromolar affinity. Employing state-of-the-art expressed protein ligation (EPL), our devised semi-synthetic approach can be utilized for the production of numerous, hard-to-obtain proteins of biological and therapeutic relevance.
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- Rebecca Notis Dardashti
- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat Ram Jerusalem 9190401 Israel
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- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat Ram Jerusalem 9190401 Israel
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- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat Ram Jerusalem 9190401 Israel
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- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat Ram Jerusalem 9190401 Israel
- Casali Center for Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat Ram Jerusalem 9190401 Israel
- The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat Ram Jerusalem 9190401 Israel
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Ma W, Wu H, Liu S, Wei T, Li XD, Liu H, Li X. Chemical Synthesis of Proteins with Base-Labile Posttranslational Modifications Enabled by a Boc-SPPS Based General Strategy Towards Peptide C-Terminal Salicylaldehyde Esters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202214053. [PMID: 36344442 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chemical synthesis of proteins bearing base-labile post-translational modifications (PTMs) is a challenging task. For instance, O-acetylation and S-palmitoylation PTMs cannot survive Fmoc removal conditions during Fmoc-solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). In this work, we developed a new Boc-SPPS-based strategy for the synthesis of peptide C-terminal salicylaldehyde (SAL) esters, which are the key reaction partner in Ser/Thr ligation and Cys/Pen ligation. The strategy utilized the semicarbazone-modified aminomethyl (AM) resin, which could support the Boc-SPPS and release the peptide SAL ester upon treatment with TFA/H2 O and pyruvic acid. The non-oxidative aldehyde regeneration was fully compatible with all the canonical amino acids. Armed with this strategy, we finished the syntheses of the O-acetylated protein histone H3(S10ac, T22ac) and the hydrophobic S-palmitoylated peptide derived from caveolin-1.
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- Wenjie Ma
- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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Molecular Detection of Venous Thrombosis in Mouse Models Using SPECT/CT. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12060829. [PMID: 35740954 PMCID: PMC9221411 DOI: 10.3390/biom12060829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The efficacy of thrombolysis is inversely correlated with thrombus age. During early thrombogenesis, activated factor XIII (FXIIIa) cross-links α2-AP to fibrin to protect it from early lysis. This was exploited to develop an α2-AP-based imaging agent to detect early clot formation likely susceptible to thrombolysis treatment. In this study, this imaging probe was improved and validated using 111In SPECT/CT in a mouse thrombosis model. In vitro fluorescent- and 111In-labelled imaging probe-to-fibrin cross-linking assays were performed. Thrombus formation was induced in C57Bl/6 mice by endothelial damage (FeCl3) or by ligation (stenosis) of the infrarenal vena cava (IVC). Two or six hours post-surgery, mice were injected with 111In-DTPA-A16 and ExiTron Nano 12000, and binding of the imaging tracer to thrombi was assessed by SPECT/CT. Subsequently, ex vivo IVCs were subjected to autoradiography and histochemical analysis for platelets and fibrin. Efficient in vitro cross-linking of A16 imaging probe to fibrin was obtained. In vivo IVC thrombosis models yielded stable platelet-rich thrombi with FeCl3 and fibrin and red cell-rich thrombi with stenosis. In the stenosis model, clot formation in the vena cava corresponded with a SPECT hotspot using an A16 imaging probe as a molecular tracer. The fibrin-targeting A16 probe showed specific binding to mouse thrombi in in vitro assays and the in vivo DVT model. The use of specific and covalent fibrin-binding probes might enable the clinical non-invasive imaging of early and active thrombosis.
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Tambe V, Patel S, Shard A, Behera SK, Polaka S, Anup N, Gadeval A, Kalia K, Tekade RK. Dendronized Polymeric Biomaterial for Loading, Stabilization, and Targeted Cytosolic Delivery of microRNA in Cancer Cells. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Vishakha Tambe
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chem-icals and Fertilizers, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)─Ahmedabad, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Palaj, Opp. Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)─Ahmedabad, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Palaj, Opp. Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)─Ahmedabad, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Palaj, Opp. Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- Central Instrumentation Facility, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)─Ahmedabad, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Palaj, Opp. Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chem-icals and Fertilizers, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)─Ahmedabad, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Palaj, Opp. Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chem-icals and Fertilizers, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)─Ahmedabad, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Palaj, Opp. Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chem-icals and Fertilizers, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)─Ahmedabad, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Palaj, Opp. Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)─Ahmedabad, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Palaj, Opp. Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chem-icals and Fertilizers, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)─Ahmedabad, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Palaj, Opp. Air Force Station, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
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Li C, Callahan AJ, Simon MD, Totaro KA, Mijalis AJ, Phadke KS, Zhang G, Hartrampf N, Schissel CK, Zhou M, Zong H, Hanson GJ, Loas A, Pohl NLB, Verhoeven DE, Pentelute BL. Fully automated fast-flow synthesis of antisense phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4396. [PMID: 34285203 PMCID: PMC8292409 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24598-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Rapid development of antisense therapies can enable on-demand responses to new viral pathogens and make personalized medicine for genetic diseases practical. Antisense phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMOs) are promising candidates to fill such a role, but their challenging synthesis limits their widespread application. To rapidly prototype potential PMO drug candidates, we report a fully automated flow-based oligonucleotide synthesizer. Our optimized synthesis platform reduces coupling times by up to 22-fold compared to previously reported methods. We demonstrate the power of our automated technology with the synthesis of milligram quantities of three candidate therapeutic PMO sequences for an unserved class of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). To further test our platform, we synthesize a PMO that targets the genomic mRNA of SARS-CoV-2 and demonstrate its antiviral effects. This platform could find broad application not only in designing new SARS-CoV-2 and DMD antisense therapeutics, but also for rapid development of PMO candidates to treat new and emerging diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- COVID-19/virology
- Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic/instrumentation
- Chemistry, Pharmaceutical/instrumentation
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging/drug therapy
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging/microbiology
- Disease Models, Animal
- High-Throughput Screening Assays/instrumentation
- High-Throughput Screening Assays/methods
- Humans
- Morpholinos/chemical synthesis
- Morpholinos/pharmacology
- Morpholinos/therapeutic use
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/drug therapy
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/genetics
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/chemical synthesis
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/therapeutic use
- Precision Medicine/methods
- RNA, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA, Viral/antagonists & inhibitors
- SARS-CoV-2/genetics
- Time Factors
- Vero Cells
- COVID-19 Drug Treatment
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Affiliation(s)
- Chengxi Li
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- University of Zurich, Department of Chemistry, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Sarepta Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Sarepta Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Naudin EA, McEwen AG, Tan SK, Poussin-Courmontagne P, Schmitt JL, Birck C, DeGrado WF, Torbeev V. Acyl Transfer Catalytic Activity in De Novo Designed Protein with N-Terminus of α-Helix As Oxyanion-Binding Site. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:3330-3339. [PMID: 33635059 PMCID: PMC8012002 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c10053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The design of catalytic proteins with functional sites capable of specific chemistry is gaining momentum and a number of artificial enzymes have recently been reported, including hydrolases, oxidoreductases, retro-aldolases, and others. Our goal is to develop a peptide ligase for robust catalysis of amide bond formation that possesses no stringent restrictions to the amino acid composition at the ligation junction. We report here the successful completion of the first step in this long-term project by building a completely de novo protein with predefined acyl transfer catalytic activity. We applied a minimalist approach to rationally design an oxyanion hole within a small cavity that contains an adjacent thiol nucleophile. The N-terminus of the α-helix with unpaired hydrogen-bond donors was exploited as a structural motif to stabilize negatively charged tetrahedral intermediates in nucleophilic addition-elimination reactions at the acyl group. Cysteine acting as a principal catalytic residue was introduced at the second residue position of the α-helix N-terminus in a designed three-α-helix protein based on structural informatics prediction. We showed that this minimal set of functional elements is sufficient for the emergence of catalytic activity in a de novo protein. Using peptide-αthioesters as acyl-donors, we demonstrated their catalyzed amidation concomitant with hydrolysis and proved that the environment at the catalytic site critically influences the reaction outcome. These results represent a promising starting point for the development of efficient catalysts for protein labeling, conjugation, and peptide ligation.
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- Elise A Naudin
- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry (icFRC), University of Strasbourg, CNRS (UMR 7006), Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Integrated Structural Biology Platform, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS (UMR 7104), INSERM (U1258), University of Strasbourg, Illkirch 67404, France
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158-9001, United States
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- Integrated Structural Biology Platform, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS (UMR 7104), INSERM (U1258), University of Strasbourg, Illkirch 67404, France
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry (icFRC), University of Strasbourg, CNRS (UMR 7006), Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Integrated Structural Biology Platform, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS (UMR 7104), INSERM (U1258), University of Strasbourg, Illkirch 67404, France
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158-9001, United States
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry (icFRC), University of Strasbourg, CNRS (UMR 7006), Strasbourg 67000, France
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Peptide Hydrazides as Thioester Equivalents for the Chemical Synthesis of Proteins. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2021; 2133:119-140. [PMID: 32144665 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0434-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
The chemical synthesis of proteins allows for the precise control of structural information at the atomic level, overcoming the limits of protein expression. Peptide hydrazides are widely used as thioester equivalents in the total chemical synthesis and semisynthesis of proteins as they can be easily prepared using standard solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) and recombinant peptide techniques. Via treatment with NaNO2 and subsequent thiolysis, peptide hydrazides can be rapidly converted to peptide thioesters, which then selectively react with recombinant protein containing an N-terminal cysteine (Cys) to form a native peptide bond, thereby linking the two peptide segments without isolating any intermediates.
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Kossmann C, Ma S, Clemmensen LS, Strømgaard K. Chemical Synthesis of PDZ Domains. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2256:193-216. [PMID: 34014524 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1166-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Developments in chemical protein synthesis have enabled the generation of tailor-made proteins including incorporation of many types of modifications into proteins, enhancing our ability to control site-specificity of protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs), modify protein backbones and introduce photocrosslinking probes. For PDZ (postsynaptic density protein, disks large, zonula occludens) protein domains, expressed protein ligation (EPL) has been employed to introduce analogs of cognate amino acids, amide-to-ester bond mutations, and phosphorylations in the study of PDZ domain-mediated protein-protein interactions (PPIs). Here, we present protocols for EPL of PDZ domains focusing on phosphorylation and amide-to-ester modifications in the PDZ domain proteins.
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- Christin Kossmann
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Center for Biopharmaceuticals, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Center for Biopharmaceuticals, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Center for Biopharmaceuticals, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Center for Biopharmaceuticals, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Izumi M, Araki H, Tominaga M, Okamoto R, Kajihara Y. Chemical Synthesis of Ubiquitinated High-Mannose-Type N-Glycoprotein CCL1 in Different Folding States. J Org Chem 2020; 85:16024-16034. [PMID: 32985191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Degradation of misfolded glycoproteins by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is a very important process for protein homeostasis. To demonstrate the accessibility toward a ubiquitinated glycoprotein probe for the study of glycoprotein degradation by UPS, we synthesized ubiquitinated glycoprotein CC motif chemokine 1 (CCL1) bearing a high-mannose-type N-glycan, starting from six peptide segments. A native isopeptide linkage was constructed using δ-thiolysine (thioLys)-mediated chemical ligation. CCL1 glycopeptide with a high-mannose-type N-glycan as well as a δ-thioLys residue was synthesized chemically. The chemical ligation between δ-thioLys-containing glycopeptide and ubiquitin-α-thioester successfully yielded a ubiquitinated glycopeptide with a native isopeptide bond after desulfurization, even in the presence of a large N-glycan. In vitro folding experiments under reduced and redox conditions gave the desired two types of ubiquitinated glycosylated CCL1s, consisting of unfolded CCL1 and folded ubiquitin, and the folded form of both CCL1 as well as ubiquitin. We achieved the chemical synthesis of a complex protein molecule that contains not only the two major post-translational modifications, ubiquitination and glycosylation, but also controlled folding states of ubiquitin and CCL1. These chemical probes could have useful applications in the study of complex ubiquitin biology and glycobiology.
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- Masayuki Izumi
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.,Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.,Project Research Center for Fundamental Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.,Project Research Center for Fundamental Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Maki Y, Okamoto R, Murakami M, Kajihara Y. Studies for Elucidation of Oligosaccharide Functions of Glycoproteins. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2020. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.78.1021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuta Maki
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
- Project Research Center for Fundamental Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
- Project Research Center for Fundamental Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
- Project Research Center for Fundamental Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
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Kar A, Mannuthodikayil J, Singh S, Biswas A, Dubey P, Das A, Mandal K. Efficient Chemical Protein Synthesis using Fmoc-Masked N-Terminal Cysteine in Peptide Thioester Segments. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:14796-14801. [PMID: 32333711 PMCID: PMC7891605 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
We report an operationally simple method to facilitate chemical protein synthesis by fully convergent and one-pot native chemical ligations utilizing the fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) moiety as an N-masking group of the N-terminal cysteine of the middle peptide thioester segment(s). The Fmoc group is stable to the harsh oxidative conditions frequently used to generate peptide thioesters from peptide hydrazide or o-aminoanilide. The ready availability of Fmoc-Cys(Trt)-OH, which is routinely used in Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis, where the Fmoc group is pre-installed on cysteine residue, minimizes additional steps required for the temporary protection of the N-terminal cysteinyl peptides. The Fmoc group is readily removed after ligation by short exposure (<7 min) to 20 % piperidine at pH 11 in aqueous conditions at room temperature. Subsequent native chemical ligation reactions can be performed in presence of piperidine in the same solution at pH 7.
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- Abhisek Kar
- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad36/p GopanpallyHyderabad500046TelanganaIndia
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad36/p GopanpallyHyderabad500046TelanganaIndia
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad36/p GopanpallyHyderabad500046TelanganaIndia
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad36/p GopanpallyHyderabad500046TelanganaIndia
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad36/p GopanpallyHyderabad500046TelanganaIndia
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- Protein Crystallography Section, Radiation Biology and Health Sciences DivisionBhabha Atomic Research CentreTrombayMumbai400085India
- Homi Bhabha National InstituteAnushaktinagarMumbai400094India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad36/p GopanpallyHyderabad500046TelanganaIndia
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Kar A, Mannuthodikayil J, Singh S, Biswas A, Dubey P, Das A, Mandal K. Efficient Chemical Protein Synthesis using Fmoc‐Masked N‐Terminal Cysteine in Peptide Thioester Segments. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202000491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Abhisek Kar
- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad 36/p Gopanpally Hyderabad Telangana −500046 India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad 36/p Gopanpally Hyderabad Telangana −500046 India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad 36/p Gopanpally Hyderabad Telangana −500046 India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad 36/p Gopanpally Hyderabad Telangana −500046 India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad 36/p Gopanpally Hyderabad Telangana −500046 India
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- Protein Crystallography Section, Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Trombay Mumbai 400085 India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute Anushaktinagar Mumbai 400094 India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad 36/p Gopanpally Hyderabad Telangana −500046 India
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Mueller LK, Baumruck AC, Zhdanova H, Tietze AA. Challenges and Perspectives in Chemical Synthesis of Highly Hydrophobic Peptides. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:162. [PMID: 32195241 PMCID: PMC7064641 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) provides the possibility to chemically synthesize peptides and proteins. Applying the method on hydrophilic structures is usually without major drawbacks but faces extreme complications when it comes to "difficult sequences." These includes the vitally important, ubiquitously present and structurally demanding membrane proteins and their functional parts, such as ion channels, G-protein receptors, and other pore-forming structures. Standard synthetic and ligation protocols are not enough for a successful synthesis of these challenging sequences. In this review we highlight, summarize and evaluate the possibilities for synthetic production of "difficult sequences" by SPPS, native chemical ligation (NCL) and follow-up protocols.
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- Lena K. Mueller
- Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Jadhav KB, Woolcock KJ, Muttenthaler M. Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride Cleavage in Boc Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2103:41-57. [PMID: 31879918 PMCID: PMC7212049 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0227-0_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Solid phase peptide synthesis using tert-butyloxycarbonyl/benzyl chemistry (Boc-SPPS) is important for producing peptides for fundamental research as well as for clinical use. During Boc-SPPS, liquid anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (HF) is used to remove the side chain protecting groups of the assembled peptide and to release it from the resin. Here, we provide a detailed protocol for "HF cleavage," aiming to improve accessibility and the use of this valuable and well-validated technique.
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Mannuthodikayil J, Singh S, Biswas A, Kar A, Tabassum W, Vydyam P, Bhattacharyya MK, Mandal K. Benzimidazolinone-Free Peptide o-Aminoanilides for Chemical Protein Synthesis. Org Lett 2019; 21:9040-9044. [PMID: 31663760 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The thioester surrogate 3,4-diaminobenzoic acid (Dbz) facilitates the efficient synthesis of peptide thioesters by Fmoc chemistry solid phase peptide synthesis and the optional attachment of a solubility tag at the C-terminus. The protection of the partially deactivated ortho-amine of Dbz is necessary to obtain contamination-free peptide synthesis. The reported carbamate protecting groups promote a serious side reaction, benzimidazolinone formation. Herein we introduce the Boc-protected Dbz that prevents the benzimidazolinone formation, leading to clean peptide o-aminoanilides suitable for the total chemical synthesis of proteins.
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- Jamsad Mannuthodikayil
- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad , 36/p Gopanpally , Hyderabad , Telangana 500107 , India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad , 36/p Gopanpally , Hyderabad , Telangana 500107 , India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad , 36/p Gopanpally , Hyderabad , Telangana 500107 , India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad , 36/p Gopanpally , Hyderabad , Telangana 500107 , India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences , University of Hyderabad , Gachibowli, Hyderabad , Telangana 500046 , India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences , University of Hyderabad , Gachibowli, Hyderabad , Telangana 500046 , India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences , University of Hyderabad , Gachibowli, Hyderabad , Telangana 500046 , India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad , 36/p Gopanpally , Hyderabad , Telangana 500107 , India
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Weidmann J, Schnölzer M, Dawson PE, Hoheisel JD. Copying Life: Synthesis of an Enzymatically Active Mirror-Image DNA-Ligase Made of D-Amino Acids. Cell Chem Biol 2019; 26:645-651.e3. [PMID: 30880154 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Our objective is the creation of a mirror-image synthetic biology: that is, to mimic, entirely independent of Nature, a biological system and to re-create it from artificial component parts. Utilizing enantiomeric L-nucleotides and D-amino acids rather than the natural components, we use chemical synthesis toward a basic, self-replicating mirror-image biological system. Here, we report the synthesis of a functional DNA-ligase in the D-enantiomeric conformation, which is an exact mirror-image of the natural enzyme, exhibiting DNA ligation activity on chirally inverted nucleic acids in L-conformation, but not acting on natural substrates and with natural co-factors. Starting from the known structure of the Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus 1 DNA-ligase and the homologous but shorter DNA-ligase of Haemophilus influenza, we designed and synthesized chemically peptides, which could then be assembled into a full-length molecule yielding a functional protein. The structure and the activity of the mirror-image ligase were characterized, documenting its enantiospecific functionality.
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- Joachim Weidmann
- Functional Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Functional Proteome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Functional Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Yang YH, Di B, Yang DS. The discovery of a freezing-induced peptide ligation during the total chemical synthesis of human interferon-ε. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 16:5097-5101. [PMID: 29972388 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob01365a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A counterintuitive freezing-induced peptide ligation was discovered during the total synthesis of human interferon-ε (hIFN-ε) which blocks HIV infection through unique mechanisms. The successful synthesis of hIFN-ε (187 amino acids) in this research laid the foundation for related anti-AIDS drug development. Moreover, alanine mutation based on sequence alignment to solve the maldistribution of the ligation site and freezing-induced dominant conformation that facilitates peptide ligation are expected to be helpful for the synthesis of macrobiomolecules.
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- Yin-He Yang
- Jiang Su Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, Key Laboratory on Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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Cistrone PA, Bird MJ, Flood DT, Silvestri AP, Hintzen JCJ, Thompson DA, Dawson PE. Native Chemical Ligation of Peptides and Proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 11:e61. [PMID: 30645048 DOI: 10.1002/cpch.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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For over 20 years, native chemical ligation (NCL) has played a pivotal role in enabling total synthesis and semisynthesis of increasingly complex peptide and protein targets. Classical NCL proceeds by chemoselective reaction of two unprotected polypeptide chains in near-neutral-pH, aqueous solution and is made possible by the presence of a thioester moiety on the C-terminus of the N-terminal peptide fragment and a natural cysteine residue on the N-terminus of the C-terminal peptide fragment. The reaction yields an amide bond adjacent to cysteine at the ligation site, furnishing a native protein backbone in a traceless manner. This unit highlights a number of recent and powerful advances in the methodology and outlines their particular uses, facilitating application in the synthesis of challenging protein targets. © 2019 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Arbour CA, Stockdill JL. A mild capping method for SPPS on the N-methyl diaminobenzoyl linker: Synthesis of an N-acyl urea appended C. elegans neuropeptide. Tetrahedron Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.08.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Flood DT, Hintzen JCJ, Bird MJ, Cistrone PA, Chen JS, Dawson PE. Leveraging the Knorr Pyrazole Synthesis for the Facile Generation of Thioester Surrogates for use in Native Chemical Ligation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:11634-11639. [PMID: 29908104 PMCID: PMC6126375 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Facile synthesis of C-terminal thioesters is integral to native chemical ligation (NCL) strategies for chemical protein synthesis. We introduce a new method of mild peptide activation, which leverages solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) on an established resin linker and classical heterocyclic chemistry to convert C-terminal peptide hydrazides into their corresponding thioesters via an acyl pyrazole intermediate. Peptide hydrazides, synthesized on established trityl chloride resins, can be activated in solution with stoichiometric acetyl acetone (acac), readily proceed to the peptide acyl pyrazoles. Acyl pyrazoles are mild acylating agents and are efficiently exchanged with an aryl thiol, which can then be directly utilized in NCL. The mild, chemoselective, and stoichiometric activating conditions allow this method to be utilized through multiple sequential ligations without intermediate purification steps.
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- Dillon T. Flood
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Director of the Automated Synthesis Facility, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA),
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Flood DT, Hintzen JCJ, Bird MJ, Cistrone PA, Chen JS, Dawson PE. Leveraging the Knorr Pyrazole Synthesis for the Facile Generation of Thioester Surrogates for use in Native Chemical Ligation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201805191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Dillon T. Flood
- Department of Chemistry; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Automated Synthesis Facility; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; The Scripps Research Institute; 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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Utilization of the p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl (pNZ) amine protecting group and pentafluorophenyl (Pfp) esters for the solid phase synthesis of spiroligomers. Tetrahedron Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Zhou B, Faridoon, Tian X, Li J, Guan D, Zheng X, Guo Y, Huang W. On-resin peptide ligation via C-terminus benzyl ester. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Izumi M, Kuruma R, Okamoto R, Seko A, Ito Y, Kajihara Y. Substrate Recognition of Glycoprotein Folding Sensor UGGT Analyzed by Site-Specifically 15N-Labeled Glycopeptide and Small Glycopeptide Library Prepared by Parallel Native Chemical Ligation. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:11421-11426. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Masayuki Izumi
- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1
Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1
Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1
Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- ERATO
Ito glycotrilogy project, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- ERATO
Ito glycotrilogy project, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Synthetic
Cellular Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1
Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- ERATO
Ito glycotrilogy project, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Craik DJ, Lee MH, Rehm FBH, Tombling B, Doffek B, Peacock H. Ribosomally-synthesised cyclic peptides from plants as drug leads and pharmaceutical scaffolds. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 26:2727-2737. [PMID: 28818463 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Owing to their exceptional stability and favourable pharmacokinetic properties, plant-derived cyclic peptides have recently attracted significant attention in the field of peptide-based drug design. This article describes the three major classes of ribosomally-synthesised plant peptides - the cyclotides, the PawS-derived peptides and the orbitides - and reviews their applications as leads or scaffolds in drug design. These ribosomally-produced peptides have a range of biological activities, including anti-HIV, cytotoxic and immunomodulatory activity. In addition, recent interest has focused on their use as scaffolds to stabilise bioactive peptide sequences, thereby enhancing their biopharmaceutical properties. There are now more than 30 published papers on such 'grafting' applications, most of which have been reported only in the last few years, and several such studies have reported in vivo activity of orally delivered cyclic peptides. In this article, we describe approaches to the synthesis of cyclic peptides and their pharmaceutically-grafted derivatives as well as outlining their biosynthetic routes. Finally, we describe possible bioproduction routes for pharmaceutically active cyclic peptides, involving plants and plant suspension cultures.
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- David J Craik
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Breger JC, Muttenthaler M, Delehanty JB, Thompson DA, Oh E, Susumu K, Deschamps JR, Anderson GP, Field LD, Walper SA, Dawson PE, Medintz IL. Nanoparticle cellular uptake by dendritic wedge peptides: achieving single peptide facilitated delivery. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:10447-10464. [PMID: 28703833 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr03362a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Significant efforts are being undertaken to optimize the cargo carrying capacity and especially the cellular delivery efficiency of functionalized nanoparticles for applications in biological research and pharmacological delivery. One approach to increasing nanoparticle surface cargo display capacity is to decrease the number of moieties required for mediating cellular delivery by improving their efficiency. We describe a series of multivalent cell penetrating peptide (CPP) dendrimers that facilitate rapid cellular delivery of prototypical nanoparticle-semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The modular CPP dendrimers were assembled through an innovative convergent oxime ligation strategy between (Arg9)n motifs and a dendritic QD-coordination scaffold. Dendrimeric peptides sequentially incorporate a terminal (His)6 motif for metal-affinity QD coordination, a Pro9 spacer, a branching poly-lysine scaffold, and wedged display of (Arg9)n binding motifs with n = 1×, 2×, 4×, 8×, 16× multivalency. QD dendrimer display capacity was estimated using structural simulations and QD-(Arg9)1-16 conjugates characterized by dynamic light scattering along with surface plasmon resonance-based binding assays to heparan sulfate proteoglycan surfaces. Cellular uptake via endocytosis was confirmed and peptide delivery kinetics investigated as a function of QD-(Arg9)1-16 conjugate exposure time and QD assembly ratio where cellular viability assays reflected no overt cytotoxicity. The ability of single dendrimer conjugates to facilitate cellular uptake was confirmed for QD-(Arg9)2-16 repeats along with the ability to deliver >850 kDa of protein cargo per QD. Minimizing the number of CPPs required for cellular uptake is critical for expanding nanoparticle cargo carrying capacity and can allow for inclusion of additional sensors, therapeutics and contrast agents on their surface.
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- Joyce C Breger
- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA. and American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC 20036, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, 4072 St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA and University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814, USA
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- Optical Sciences Division, Code 5600, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA and Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc., Columbia, MD 21046, USA
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- Optical Sciences Division, Code 5600, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA and Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc., Columbia, MD 21046, USA
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA. and Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
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Minh Hien N, Izumi M, Sato H, Okamoto R, Kajihara Y. Chemical Synthesis of Glycoproteins with the Specific Installation of Gradient-Enriched 15
N-Labeled Amino Acids for Getting Insights into Glycoprotein Behavior. Chemistry 2017; 23:6579-6585. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201606049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Nguyen Minh Hien
- Deprtment of Chemistry; Osaka University; 1-1, Machikaneyama Toyonaka 560-0043 Japan
- Current address: Department of Chemistry; Da Nang University of Education; the University of Da Nang; Vietnam
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- Deprtment of Chemistry; Osaka University; 1-1, Machikaneyama Toyonaka 560-0043 Japan
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- Bruker BioSpin K.K.; 3-9, Moriya-cho Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
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- Deprtment of Chemistry; Osaka University; 1-1, Machikaneyama Toyonaka 560-0043 Japan
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- Deprtment of Chemistry; Osaka University; 1-1, Machikaneyama Toyonaka 560-0043 Japan
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Okamoto R. Recent Advancements in the Preparation of Structurally Defined Glycoproteins. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2017. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.1612.2j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Ryo Okamoto
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
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Okamoto R. Recent Advancements in the Preparation of Structurally Defined Glycoproteins. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2017. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.1612.2e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Ryo Okamoto
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
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Izumi M, Komaki S, Okamoto R, Seko A, Takeda Y, Ito Y, Kajihara Y. Synthesis of misfolded glycoprotein dimers through native chemical ligation of a dimeric peptide thioester. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:6088-94. [PMID: 27248046 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00928j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Glycoprotein quality control processes are very important for an efficient production of glycoproteins and for avoiding the accumulation of unwanted toxic species in cells. These complex processes consist of multiple enzymes and chaperones such as UGGT, calnexin/calreticulin, and glucosidase II. We designed and synthesized monomeric and dimeric misfolded glycoprotein probes. Synthetic homogeneous monomeric glycoproteins proved to be useful substrates for kinetic analyses of the folding sensor enzyme UGGT. For a concise synthesis of a bismaleimide-linked dimer, we examined double native chemical ligation (dNCL) of a dimeric peptide-α-thioester. The dNCL to two equivalents of glycopeptides gave a homodimer. The dNCL to a 1 : 1 mixture of a glycopeptide and a non-glycosylated peptide gave all the three possible ligation products consisting of two homodimers and a heterodimer. Both the homodimer bearing two Man9GlcNAc2 (M9) oligosaccharides and the heterodimer bearing one M9 oligosaccharide were found to be good substrates of UGGT.
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- Masayuki Izumi
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Univeristy, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
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Son SJ, Harris PWR, Squire CJ, Baker EN, Kent SBH, Brimble MA. Total Chemical Synthesis of an Orf Virus Protein, ORFV002, an Inhibitor of the Master Gene Regulator NF-κB. Biopolymers 2016; 102:137-44. [PMID: 26820014 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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ORFV002 is a novel orf viral protein (117 Aa) that inhibits nuclear events through the regulation of the transcriptional activity of NF-κB, a master regulator of human gene expression (Diel et al., J Virol 2011, 85, 264-275). It is identified as the first nuclear inhibitor of NF-κB produced by orf virus (ORFV) and no homologues in other genera of the Chordopoxvirinae subfamily have been reported to date (Diel et al., J Virol 2011, 85, 264-275). Our molecular structure predictions suggest that ORFV002 may mimic part of IκB, an inhibitor and natural human partner of NF-κB. Recent advances in total chemical synthesis of proteins have provided solutions in overcoming challenges of current recombinant methods of protein isolation for structure elucidation. Aided by Boc solid phase peptide synthesis and native chemical ligation, ORFV002 was successfully synthesized in multimilligram amounts in good yield and high purity.
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β1-subunit-induced structural rearrangements of the Ca2+- and voltage-activated K+ (BK) channel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E3231-9. [PMID: 27217576 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606381113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Large-conductance Ca(2+)- and voltage-activated K(+) (BK) channels are involved in a large variety of physiological processes. Regulatory β-subunits are one of the mechanisms responsible for creating BK channel diversity fundamental to the adequate function of many tissues. However, little is known about the structure of its voltage sensor domain. Here, we present the external architectural details of BK channels using lanthanide-based resonance energy transfer (LRET). We used a genetically encoded lanthanide-binding tag (LBT) to bind terbium as a LRET donor and a fluorophore-labeled iberiotoxin as the LRET acceptor for measurements of distances within the BK channel structure in a living cell. By introducing LBTs in the extracellular region of the α- or β1-subunit, we determined (i) a basic extracellular map of the BK channel, (ii) β1-subunit-induced rearrangements of the voltage sensor in α-subunits, and (iii) the relative position of the β1-subunit within the α/β1-subunit complex.
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Harris PWR, Squire C, Young PG, Brimble MA. Chemical synthesis of γ-secretase activating protein using pseudoglutamines as ligation sites. Biopolymers 2016; 104:37-45. [PMID: 25523549 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 12/07/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The chemical synthesis of analogue of a novel γ-secretase activating protein, which may play a pivotal role in the formation of amyloid peptides, the precursor to Alzheimer's disease, is described. The linear polypeptide sequence, consisting of 121 amino acids was assembled from four unprotected peptide building blocks using a convergent ligation-based synthesis. A strategic mutation of three glutamine residues to cysteine enabled the ligations, and the cysteines were subsequently converted to pseudoglutamines, to mimic the native glutamine. The full length unfolded protein was obtained in milligram amounts and was demonstrated to be homogeneous by liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.
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- Paul W R Harris
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand; Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 3A Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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Harris PWR, Brimble MA. Chemical synthesis of a polypeptide backbone derived from the primary sequence of the cancer protein NY-ESO-1 enabled by kinetically controlled ligation and pseudoprolines. Biopolymers 2016; 104:116-27. [PMID: 25656702 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2014] [Revised: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The cancer protein NY-ESO-1 has been shown to be one of the most promising vaccine candidates although little is known about its cellular function. Using a chemical protein strategy, the 180 amino acid polypeptide, tagged with an arginine solubilizing tail, was assembled in a convergent manner from four unprotected peptide α-thioester peptide building blocks and one cysteinyl polypeptide, which were in turn prepared by Boc and Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) respectively. To facilitate the assembly by ligation chemistries, non-native cysteines were introduced as chemical handles into the polypeptide fragments; pseudoproline dipeptides and microwave assisted Fmoc SPPS were crucial techniques to prepare the challenging hydrophobic C-terminal fragment. Three sequential kinetically controlled ligations, which exploited the reactivity between peptide arylthioesters and peptide alkylthioesters, were then used in order to assemble the more tractable N-terminal region of NY-ESO-1. The ensuing 147 residue polypeptide thioester then underwent successful final native chemical ligation with the very hydrophobic C-terminal polypeptide bearing an N-terminal cysteine affording the 186 residue polypeptide as an advanced intermediate en route to the native NY-ESO-1 protein.
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- Paul W R Harris
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Harris PWR, Brimble MA. A comparison of Boc and Fmoc SPPS strategies for the preparation of C-terminal peptide α-thiolesters: NY-ESO-1 ³⁹Cys-⁶⁸Ala-COSR. Biopolymers 2016; 100:356-65. [PMID: 23444272 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The synthesis of a polypeptide derived from the cancer testis antigen NY-ESO-1 bearing a C-terminal α-thiolester is described. Employing tert-butyloxycarbonyl solid phase peptide synthesis the thiolester moiety was installed on-resin using a mercaptopropionic acid linker, thereby requiring no post synthetic manipulations and delivering the requisite α-thiolester polypeptide after cleavage from the resin with HF. Several 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl solid phase peptide synthesis approaches whereby the thiolester was required to be introduced in a post synthesis manner were examined concurrently. These comprised syntheses on two different "safety catch" linkers, an N-alkyl-N-acyl sulphonamide and an N-acyl benzimidazolone wherein the thiolester is generated from an activated precursor. The condensation of a mercaptan with the C-terminal carboxylate in a direct thiolesterification reaction was also examined. When using either of the three 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl-based approaches, the linear polypeptide could be assembled straightforwardly on the solid phase resin; however, a thiolesterification of the C-terminal carboxyl of the fully side chain protected peptide proved to be the most effective post-assembly method for the installation of the C-terminal thiolester.
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- Paul W R Harris
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds St, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand; Maurice Wilkins Center for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019,, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand; Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology, The University of Auckland, 3A Symonds St, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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Bondalapati S, Jbara M, Brik A. Expanding the chemical toolbox for the synthesis of large and uniquely modified proteins. Nat Chem 2016; 8:407-18. [DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Kajihara Y. Studies on the Precise Chemical Synthesis of Human Glycoproteins. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2016. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20150275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Harris PWR, Hampe L, Radjainia M, Brimble MA, Mitra AK. An investigation of the role of the adiponectin variable domain on the stability of the collagen-like domain. Biopolymers 2016; 102:313-21. [PMID: 24752567 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Revised: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The chemical synthesis is described of a polypeptide construct possessing both the variable and the collagen-like domain of adiponectin, which can be used as a model system for probing the influence of the variable domain on multimerization of this important circulating hormone. Using a collagen domain repeat peptide unit derived from native adiponectin or a glutamic acid analogue was ineffective due to noncollagenous conformational properties in both cases. However, employing a collagen model peptide and linking this to the variable domain thioester peptide using native chemical ligation proved effective. The 63 residue peptide was characterized by circular dichroism and mass spectrometry which demonstrated that a collagen-like triple-helical structure was preserved.
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- Paul W R Harris
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds St, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand; Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand; Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology, The University of Auckland, 3A Symonds St, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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Cowper B, Shariff L, Chen W, Gibson SM, Di WL, Macmillan D. Expanding the scope of N → S acyl transfer in native peptide sequences. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 13:7469-76. [PMID: 26066020 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob01029b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Understanding the factors that influence N → S acyl transfer in native peptide sequences, and discovery of new reagents that facilitate it, will be key to expanding its scope and applicability. Here, through a study of short model peptides in thioester formation and cyclisation reactions, we demonstrate that a wider variety of Xaa-Cys motifs than originally envisaged are capable of undergoing efficient N → S acyl transfer. We present data for the relative rates of thioester formation and cyclisation for a representative set of amino acids, and show how this expanded scope can be applied to the production of the natural protease inhibitor Sunflower Trypsin Inhibitor-1 (SFTI-1).
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- Ben Cowper
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
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Son SJ, Harris PWR, Squire CJ, Baker EN, Brimble MA. Synthesis and structural insight into ESX-1 Substrate Protein C, an immunodominant Mycobacterium tuberculosis-secreted antigen. Biopolymers 2016; 106:267-74. [PMID: 26999334 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Revised: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Tuberculosis, the second leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, is recognized as a major threat to human health due to a lack of practicable vaccines against the disease and the widespread occurrence of drug resistance. With a pressing need for a novel protein target as a platform for new vaccine development, ESX-1 Substrate Protein C (EspC) was recently identified as a novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis-secreted antigen that is as immunodominant as the two specific immunodiagnostic T-cell antigens, CFP-10 and ESAT-6. Here, we present the first chemical total synthesis, folding conditions, and circular dichroism data of EspC. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers (Pept Sci) 106: 267-274, 2016.
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- Soo Jung Son
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.,School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.,School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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Aladini F, Araman C, Becker CFW. Chemical synthesis and characterization of elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) with variable guest residues. J Pept Sci 2016; 22:334-42. [PMID: 27005861 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The properties of elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs), specifically the fact that they are soluble in aqueous buffers below and aggregate reversibly above a well-defined transition temperature, are extensively used for protein purification, enzyme recycling, and more recently, for in vivo applications such as drug delivery and tissue engineering. ELPs are artificial but biocompatible polypeptides composed of pentameric repeats (Val-Pro-Gly-Xaa-Gly) containing different guest residues Xaa, derived from mammalian elastin. The temperature-dependent aggregation and desaggregation of ELPs is controlled by composition of the pentameric repeats as well as the number of repetitive units within the ELP. External parameters such as ELP concentration, pH, and most importantly, salt effects heavily influence the transition temperature. Here, we explore the chemical synthesis of a series of 51mer peptides consisting of 10 pentameric ELP repeats with hydrophobic as well as charged guest residues such as isoleucine, leucine, alanine, lysine, and/or glutamate all prepared by Boc-based solid phase peptide synthesis. These guest residues expand the available toolbox of synthetic ELPs and provide ELPs that can be chemically modified and tuned to specific environments. An N-terminal cysteine is added allowing disulfide-based crosslinking of ELPs and to link synthetic ELPs to a recombinantly produced protein using native chemical ligation. Transition temperatures of all synthetic ELPs and the fusion construct were determined by measuring turbidity in solution and spanned a large temperature range between 25 and 70 °C, providing synthetically accessible ELPs with transition temperatures suitable for in vitro and in vivo applications. Cycling between their soluble and aggregate state has been observed at least 6 times without significant loss of material for all synthetic ELPs. Copyright © 2016 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Firouzeh Aladini
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 38, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 38, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 38, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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Torbeev V, Grogg M, Ruiz J, Boehringer R, Schirer A, Hellwig P, Jeschke G, Hilvert D. Chiral recognition in amyloid fiber growth. J Pept Sci 2016; 22:290-304. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Vladimir Torbeev
- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires; International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry, UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg; 8 allée Gaspard Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10; Zürich CH-8093 Switzerland
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires; International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry, UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg; 8 allée Gaspard Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires; International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry, UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg; 8 allée Gaspard Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie; Chimie de la Matière Complexe, UMR 7140, Université de Strasbourg-CNRS; 1 rue Blaise Pascal 67070 Strasbourg France
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- Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie; Chimie de la Matière Complexe, UMR 7140, Université de Strasbourg-CNRS; 1 rue Blaise Pascal 67070 Strasbourg France
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry; ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10; Zürich CH-8093 Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10; Zürich CH-8093 Switzerland
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Dhayalan B, Fitzpatrick A, Mandal K, Whittaker J, Weiss MA, Tokmakoff A, Kent SBH. Efficient Total Chemical Synthesis of (13) C=(18) O Isotopomers of Human Insulin for Isotope-Edited FTIR. Chembiochem 2016; 17:415-20. [PMID: 26715336 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Isotope-edited two-dimensional Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (2 D FTIR) can potentially provide a unique probe of protein structure and dynamics. However, general methods for the site-specific incorporation of stable (13) C=(18) O labels into the polypeptide backbone of the protein molecule have not yet been established. Here we describe, as a prototype for the incorporation of specific arrays of isotope labels, the total chemical synthesis-via a key ester insulin intermediate-of 97 % enriched [(1-(13) C=(18) O)Phe(B24) ] human insulin: stable-isotope labeled at a single backbone amide carbonyl. The amino acid sequence as well as the positions of the disulfide bonds and the correctly folded structure were unambiguously confirmed by the X-ray crystal structure of the synthetic protein molecule. In vitro assays of the isotope labeled [(1-(13) C=(18) O)Phe(B24) ] human insulin showed that it had full insulin receptor binding activity. Linear and 2 D IR spectra revealed a distinct red-shifted amide I carbonyl band peak at 1595 cm(-1) resulting from the (1-(13) C=(18) O)Phe(B24) backbone label. This work illustrates the utility of chemical synthesis to enable the application of advanced physical methods for the elucidation of the molecular basis of protein function.
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- Balamurugan Dhayalan
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.,The James Frank Institute, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. .,The James Frank Institute, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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Burra G, Thakur AK. Unaided trifluoroacetic acid pretreatment solubilizes polyglutamine peptides and retains their biophysical properties of aggregation. Anal Biochem 2016; 494:23-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Murakami M, Kiuchi T, Nishihara M, Tezuka K, Okamoto R, Izumi M, Kajihara Y. Chemical synthesis of erythropoietin glycoforms for insights into the relationship between glycosylation pattern and bioactivity. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1500678. [PMID: 26824070 PMCID: PMC4730857 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The role of sialyloligosaccharides on the surface of secreted glycoproteins is still unclear because of the difficulty in the preparation of sialylglycoproteins in a homogeneous form. We selected erythropoietin (EPO) as a target molecule and designed an efficient synthetic strategy for the chemical synthesis of a homogeneous form of five EPO glycoforms varying in glycosylation position and the number of human-type biantennary sialyloligosaccharides. A segment coupling strategy performed by native chemical ligation using six peptide segments including glycopeptides yielded homogeneous EPO glycopeptides, and folding experiments of these glycopeptides afforded the correctly folded EPO glycoforms. In an in vivo erythropoiesis assay in mice, all of the EPO glycoforms displayed biological activity, in particular the EPO bearing three sialyloligosaccharides, which exhibited the highest activity. Furthermore, we observed that the hydrophilicity and biological activity of the EPO glycoforms varied depending on the glycosylation pattern. This knowledge will pave the way for the development of homogeneous biologics by chemical synthesis.
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- Masumi Murakami
- Department of Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 5460-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 5460-0043, Japan
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- Glytech Inc., 134, Chudoji, Minamimachi KRP#1-109, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8813, Japan
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- Glytech Inc., 134, Chudoji, Minamimachi KRP#1-109, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8813, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 5460-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 5460-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 5460-0043, Japan
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Gates ZP, Dhayalan B, Kent SBH. Obviation of hydrogen fluoride in Boc chemistry solid phase peptide synthesis of peptide-αthioesters. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:13979-13982. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc07891e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid performs comparably to hydrogen fluoride for the on-resin global deprotection of peptides prepared by Boc chemistry solid phase peptide synthesis.
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Cottam Jones JM, Harris PWR, Scanlon DB, Forbes BE, Brimble MA, Abell AD. Fluorescent IGF-II analogues for FRET-based investigations into the binding of IGF-II to the IGF-1R. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:2698-705. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ob02110c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Convergent-based synthesis of native IGF-II and two IGF-II analogues, with coumarin fluorescent probes incorporated at residues 19 and 28, and their use in FRET-based identification of interactions with the type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-IR).
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- The University of Auckland
- Auckland 1010
- New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
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- Department of Chemistry
- The University of Adelaide
- Adelaide 5001
- Australia
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- School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
- The University of Adelaide
- Adelaide 5005
- Australia
- School of Medicine
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- The University of Auckland
- Auckland 1010
- New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
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- Department of Chemistry
- The University of Adelaide
- Adelaide 5001
- Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP)
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Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone/Galactose Core/Lipopeptide. MOLBANK 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/m881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Heller D, Doyle JR, Raman VS, Beinborn M, Kumar K, Kopin AS. Novel Probes Establish Mas-Related G Protein-Coupled Receptor X1 Variants as Receptors with Loss or Gain of Function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 356:276-83. [DOI: 10.1124/jpet.115.227058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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